Psalm 141
A psalm of David.
1I call to you, Lord, come quickly to me;
hear me when I call to you.
2May my prayer be set before you like incense;
may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.
3Set a guard over my mouth, Lord;
keep watch over the door of my lips.
4Do not let my heart be drawn to what is evil
so that I take part in wicked deeds
along with those who are evildoers;
do not let me eat their delicacies.
5Let a righteous man strike me—that is a kindness;
let him rebuke me—that is oil on my head.
My head will not refuse it,
for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers.
6Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs,
and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.
7They will say, “As one plows and breaks up the earth,
so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave.”
8But my eyes are fixed on you, Sovereign Lord;
in you I take refuge—do not give me over to death.
9Keep me safe from the traps set by evildoers,
from the snares they have laid for me.
10Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
while I pass by in safety.
Dwom 141
Dawid dwom.
1Ao Awurade, mesu mefrɛ wo, bra me nkyɛn ntɛm so.
Sɛ mesu mefrɛ wo a, gye me so.
2Ma me mpaeɛbɔ mmra wʼanim sɛ aduhwam;
ma me nsa a mapagya nyɛ sɛ anwummerɛ afɔrebɔ.
3Ao Awurade, ma ɔwɛmfoɔ nwɛn mʼano;
na wɛn mʼano ɛpono.
4Mma wɔnntwe mʼakoma nkɔ deɛ ɛyɛ bɔne ho,
na ankɔyɛ deɛ amumuyɛfoɔ yɛ no bi;
mma me ne abɔnefoɔ
nni wɔn nnɔkɔnnɔkɔwadeɛ.
5Ma ɔteneneeni mmɔ me, ɛyɛ ayamyɛ;
ma ɔnka mʼanim, ɛyɛ me tiri so ngo.
Me tiri rempo.
Me mpaeɛbɔ da so tia abɔnefoɔ nneyɛɛ daa.
6Wɔbɛto wɔn sodifoɔ afiri abotan so abɛhwe fam;
na amumuyɛfoɔ bɛhunu sɛ me nsɛm no yɛ nokorɛ.
7Wɔbɛka sɛ, “Sɛdeɛ obi funtum na ɔtutu asase no,
saa ara na wɔabɔ yɛn nnompe ahwete ɛda ano.”
8Nanso, Ao Otumfoɔ Awurade, wo so na mʼani da;
wo mu na mehinta. Nnya me mma owuo.
9Bɔ me ho ban firi mfidie a wɔasunsum me no mu,
mfidie a abɔnefoɔ asunsum no.
10Ma amumuyɛfoɔ no ankasa atena nyi wɔn,
na menkɔ me baabi asomdwoeɛ mu.
